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All clear for a bail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... (even here in Melbourne) and everything looks hunky-dory, thanks very much. There was a kind of hush all over the world last night - hush over the tragedy that is Greece. Wall Street was up - big time. And Europe - the closest to the blast zone - was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... were optimistic about the situation in Greece, where the government of Prime Minister George Papandreou was facing a late-night confidence vote that had the future of Europe's finances hanging in the balance. If it survives the vote, Papandreou's government ...

Deposits may shield Aussie banks from Greek debt crisis fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... is "clearly worried" about the situation, while Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ralph Norris told ABC radio on Friday night that the worsening debt crisis could trigger a new credit crisis in financial markets. The concern is that if Greece defaults ...

Collectible nightmare just an SMSF bad dream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
The self-managed super fund industry is over-reacting to draft regulations for collectibles, a sector training provider said today. The SMSF Academy, a specialist education body for the SMSF industry, said rule changes on collectables were a necessary ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... market," Mr McCarthy said. "The European debt soap opera will continue, but the Chinese demand story is intact, and last night in the US we got stronger-than-expected reads on jobless claims and on the housing market." On the local bourse on Friday at ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... nudged down by 1.8 per cent. These were preceded by falls in Asian and European equity markets. Here's a playlist of last night's releases suggesting that the US economy is becoming not a pretty picture: US industrial production rose by 0.1 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... from overseas," Mr Sekely said. "Yesterday our market went up, which in a way, pre-empted the good news from the US last night." US stock markets jumped more than one per cent on Tuesday, giving investors some relief after a six-week losing streak culminated ...

Making the data fit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Not that I'm complaining -- but what just happened to Wall Street last night? As far as I'm concerned, the latest economic releases were the stuff sell-offs are made of but nay, nein, nyet - they stamped a buy on equities and commodities. Asia, Europe ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... per cent, while materials stocks were 1.25 per cent lower, according to IRESS data. Wall Street finished flat on Monday night (AEST), after falling sharply during Friday night's (AEST) session. Meanwhile, futures contract prices for commodities such ...

The seventh week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... and the other -- Dr. Doomy will be correct. He has covered all his bases. Because there was no other negative news last night, financial markets latched onto another slashing by Standard & Poor's of Greece's debt rating - from B to CCC. Like I said in ...